The story concludes with Jesus standing trial before a group of religious leaders who did not believe a (semi)divine messiah was coming to restore the Davidic kingdom. These were the Sadducees. Had it ...

Their reaction to Jesus, however, showed that they selectively ... Not all Pharisees were scribes and not all scribes were Pharisees. Unlike the Sadducees, who were from the aristocratic and ...

However, the detailed and fascinating historical survey in this book is all dedicated to reaching the conclusion of how the Jews at the time of Jesus – including the Pharisees, the Sadducees and ...

Jesus was aware of their legalism and instead emphasized faith in regard to the resurrection. But they did not believe this. Usually, the Sadducees and Pharisees were religious rivals, divided ...

They clearly are seen as the opponents of Jesus and "the bad guys ... of course, were the Sadducees, who were no less pious than the Pharisees, but the Sadducees did not believe in the ...

Historian Fletcher (Gender and the American Temperance Movement of the Nineteenth Century) incisively explores the dark underbelly of American evangelical missionary work via Continue reading ...

The Cru film ministry is working on a next-generation remake of the iconic 1979 movie seen by millions. Hair isn’t the biggest problem. But it is a problem when you’re trying to animate Jesus ...

We see one such confrontation in Matthew 15:3-9, where Jesus gave these Pharisees an unequivocal rebuke because of their hypocritical behaviour. ‘But woe to you scribes and Pharisees ...

No one wants to be like the scribes and Pharisees. When Jesus talks about these people in the Gospels, it’s almost never in a positive light. In fact, they normally serve as a warning ...